• DocumentCode
    2801648
  • Title

    A simulative method for the analysis of conduction properties of ion channels based on first-principle approaches

  • Author

    Affinito, Fabio ; Bigiani, A. ; Brunetti, R. ; Carloni, P. ; Jacoboni, C. ; Piccinini, E. ; Rudan, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Fisica, UniMoRe, Modena, Italy
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    24-27 Oct. 2004
  • Firstpage
    137
  • Lastpage
    138
  • Abstract
    The aim of this work is to study the conduction properties of selective ion channels by means of a Monte Carlo simulation that yields both current and its noise under open-gate conditions. A multi-ion model is used, where the ion binding sites around and inside the protein, the allowed transitions between different occupancy states and the associated rate constants are obtained from the atomic structure and ab-initio MD simulations.
  • Keywords
    Monte Carlo methods; ab initio calculations; biomembrane transport; ionic conductivity; Monte Carlo simulation; ab-initio MD simulation; atomic structure; conduction properties; first-principle approach; ion binding sites; multi-ion model; selective ion channels; Biomembranes; Conductivity; Monte Carlo methods;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computational Electronics, 2004. IWCE-10 2004. Abstracts. 10th International Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8649-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IWCE.2004.1407365
  • Filename
    1407365